A handful of local athletes were among dozens at Lakeland College given conference academic honors this week.

Eighty-five students at the college were named scholar-athletes by the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference on Wednesday. More than 1,100 students from across the conference earned the honor, which requires student-athletes in the 12-college league to maintain at least a 3.25 GPA during the academic year.

Paul Elzinga of Howards Grove earned nods in two sports — the Lakeland junior competed in both soccer and tennis.